Rake tooth construction



Aug. 29, 1939. c, F, CR'UMB Er AL 2,171,025

RAKE TOOTH CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 19, 1958 Aug.'29, 1939. Q E CRQMB ET AL 2,171,025

RAKE TOOTH CONSTRUCTION Filed March 19, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IWS CALI/ales Fflruml; Edward 77Z0wrg Patented Aug. 29, 1939 RAKE. TOOTH CONSTRUCTION Charles F. Crumb,

Rock Falls, 111., assignors vester Company, a corporation of New Chicago, and Edward Mowry,

to International Har- Jersey Application March 19, 1938, Serial No. 196,967

raked.

has been to have the 4 Claims.

rake construction. a means for holdrake which have during usage, rake will break adjacent their point of connecdrop into the hay One mode of coil in the rake tooth surround the carrying bar. Then, if the tooth breaks, (and it will normally break between the coil and it is fastened to the carrying stay on the carrying bar. The such an arrangement is that the bar), the tooth will point at which disadvantage with the broken tooth must be slid endwise from the carrying bar and a new one put over the end in Accordingly, tion is to provide a the same way.

the principal object of the invenmeans which will prevent a broken tooth from falling from its carrying bar and yet not require that, for replacement, the

broken tooth be slid over the end of the bar.

A further object is the provision of a means which will prevent a broken falling from the carrying bar,

rake tooth from and which will yet allow a proper raking action.

Other objects will appear According to the present tooth is held by a clamp to a the coil of the tooth near the bar.

tends through the coil and clamping bar. cured to one another, so as from the disclosure.

invention, a rake carrying bar with A wire exis secured to the This wire may have its ends seto form. a closed loop,

or it may have its ends secured to the clamp and form. with the clamp a closed In the drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation carrying bar with a pair of r thereto;

loop.

of a section of the ake teeth clamped Figure 2 shows a section taken along the lines 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows of Figure l;

in side elevation the structure loop for the rake teeth; and,

Figure 5 shows a section taken along the lines 5-5 of Figure 4.

As shown in Figures 1,

2 and 3, a carrying bar Hi supports a pair of rake teeth H, which are joined at a common to the carrying bar.

central section l2, clamped Each of the teeth has coiled sections l3. The clamping means for holding the teeth against the bar consists of a member M,

which holds the common cent ral section against the bar, a reversely bent member IE on the opposite side of the carrying bar supporting a carrying loop, presently to be described, and a bolt l6 extending through the bar with its head against the member M and a nut ll resting on the member I5. A loop l8, preferably formed of wire with its ends joined, as at I9, is carried by the member l5 and extends through the coiled sections of both teeth.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that, by means of the loop, either or both of the rake teeth will be prevented from dropping away from the carrying bar in case of a break in the coiled section or between the coiled section and the point of attachment to the bar.

Figures 4 and 5 show a. modification in which a wire It! extends through the coils of the rake teeth and has its ends l9 extending through and bent over in recesses in a reversely bent clamping member Hi. In this modification, the wire, together with the clamping member l5, forms a closed loop for retaining the coils, in contrast to the modification of Figures 1, 2 and 3, where the wire itself, with its ends joined, forms a complete loop.

It will be apparent that changes may be made in the above construction without departure from the spirit of the invention; for example, the retaining loop may be used just as well in a case where the rake teeth are formed separately instead of in pairs. The loop may pass through the coiled section of but a single tooth. Furthermore, it is. apparent that the invention is not limited to a rake tooth construction, but may be employed in any case where a tooth or object of similar configuration with a coiled section is clamped to a carrying bar.

It is intended to limit the invention only within the terms of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: I

1. In a rake construction comprising a carrying bar, a pair of rake teeth having coils therein and being integrally joined to one another at a common central section, and means securing the rake teeth to the bar at the common central section, the combination means for said tooth comprising an element in ill ing bar, a rake tooth having a coil therein, and means securing the tooth to the bar, the combination therewith of an additional securing means for the tooth comprising an element extending through the coil of the tooth and being secured to the bar by means which secures the tooth to the bar.

CHARLES F. CRUMB. EDWARD MOWRY. 

